https://thomaswheatley.com Thomas Patrick Wheatley Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:05:00 +0000 https://thomaswheatley.com en https://thomaswheatley.com/01 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:04:58 +0000 Thomas Patrick Wheatley https://thomaswheatley.com/01 <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31ba0cea64c5f965903bf2b976a8a87f79070c5be6c3ab9321f8b64282748be4/IMG_9138.jpg" data-mid="85510235" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31ba0cea64c5f965903bf2b976a8a87f79070c5be6c3ab9321f8b64282748be4/IMG_9138.jpg" /> Thomas Wheatley is a writer, editor, and photographer living in Atlanta. He is a reporter at Axios Atlanta. Previously he oversaw news coverage at Atlanta Magazine and&nbsp;Creative Loafing. Thomas started his career at Flagpole Magazine in Athens, Georgia.&nbsp; He lives in southwest Atlanta’s Westview neighborhood. https://thomaswheatley.com/02 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:04:59 +0000 Thomas Patrick Wheatley https://thomaswheatley.com/02 <img width="824" height="914" width_o="824" height_o="914" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86eef850a6c3e6dc1fba90e6feacf209ea6793621d10a00f8decb7953b60f892/IMG_6427.PNG" data-mid="85597398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/824/i/86eef850a6c3e6dc1fba90e6feacf209ea6793621d10a00f8decb7953b60f892/IMG_6427.PNG" /> Writing 23 days: Four different perspectives from the occupation of the Wendy’s where an Atlanta police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks (Longform feature) Why are pedestrian and bicyle deaths increasing in metro Atlanta? Atlantans are walking, biking, and driving on streets that were designed with one goal: speed. That has led to dangerous results. (News)&nbsp; Arthur Blank’s mission to give away his wealth: The Home Depot co-founder decides the best way he can spend his time is by giving away his $4.7 billion fortune (Longform profile) Morris Brown used to enroll 2,500 students. Today there are 40: After losing accreditation and selling buildings, officials at the school—the first institution of higher learning in Georgia founded by black people, for black people—say it’s rebuilding. Faith abounds, but is it enough? (Longform feature) Keisha’s no Kasim: Inside the Atlanta mayor’s City Hall, where cyberattacks, a state takeovers of the world’s busiest airport, and a housing crisis are on the agenda (Longform profile) The long, strange trip: An oral history of Creative Loafing.&nbsp;Family feuds, hostile takeovers, sewage in the newsroom, sex workers in the lobby, fearless reporting, and a man named Mud—the very weird, very true history of the alt weekly the internet still hasn’t killed. (Longform)&nbsp; All Atlanta Magazine work available here. Some&nbsp;Creative Loafing work available here. Editing The complete guide to the Chattahoochee River: A 360-degree look at the closest thing metro Atlanta has to a waterfront. (Service package) Where does the Atlanta Beltline go from here? The parks-and-trails project was pitched as a potential solution to some of Atlanta’s most pressing problems. Here’s why it—and the city—must try harder. (Service package) Atlanta after dark: The city likes to boast it’s a world-class city. But is it a 24-hour city? Telling a story about nightlife, including an oral history of Magic City, a study of the physical effects of the graveyard shift, and as-told-to’s with an escort and other people who are awake when everyone else is asleep.&nbsp; https://thomaswheatley.com/03 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:04:59 +0000 Thomas Patrick Wheatley https://thomaswheatley.com/03 <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5b2b7c876d1ff1df38d696b0c1df1380bf3d713ce9badb4ff7375ef358cf322/IMG_8467.jpg" data-mid="85597760" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5b2b7c876d1ff1df38d696b0c1df1380bf3d713ce9badb4ff7375ef358cf322/IMG_8467.jpg" /> Resume• Axios Atlanta (Atlanta: Fall 2021-present): Reporter: Report and write stories about city politics and culture as part of the founding team of the Atlanta-focused daily newsletter. • Atlanta Magazine (Atlanta: Winter 2017-Fall 2021): Articles Editor: Report, write, and edit stories for Atlanta’s award-winning city magazine about city and state politics, social issues including gentrification and inequality, and people who make metro Atlanta a diverse and vibrant region. Assign, edit, and produce Connector, the news and culture front-of-the-book department. Lead special cover packages focusing on the revitalization of the Chattahoochee River, the effects of the Atlanta BeltLine, and Atlanta’s afterdark culture. Moderate panel discussions about politics and transportation. • Creative Loafing (Atlanta: Fall 2007-Winter 2017): Interim Editor in Chief (Fall 2016-Winter 2017) and News Editor (Fall 2012-Winter 2017): Managed an eight-person team to produce the weekly print issue and daily online content for Atlanta’s award-winning alt-weekly. Wrote daily and longform content about local politics, transportation, urban development, and the environment in print and online at CL’s news blog. Led special projects, in addition to helping produce multimedia features. Moderated and served as a panelist for in-house and outside discussions. Staff Writer (Fall 2007 – Fall 2012): Covered how urban development, transportation, and the environment were affected by local politics and policies. Extensively covered the Atlanta BeltLine and mass transit proposals and increased frequency of posts on CL’s news blog. • Roswell and Alpharetta Neighbor (Roswell, Georgia: Summer 2005-Fall 2005): Staff writer and Photographer: Wrote six articles each week about politics, education, and culture for a weekly newspaper serving North Fulton. Coverage included following the city’s efforts to oust a councilman, an investigation of missing city funds, and methamphetamine use in the affluent suburbs. • Flagpole (Athens, Georgia: Winter 2004–present) Contributing Writer and Writer in Residence: Wrote news and features for a college-town alt-weekly, including pieces about nudist resorts, small-town professional wrestlers, and a 3,000-word profile about pigeon racers that won a national journalism prize. • Freelance clients: New York Times, Next City, Glamour, and author A.J. Jacobs Awards:- American Society of Magazine Editors: Finalist, General Excellent-Special Feature, “Atlanta After Dark.” - Association of Alternative Newsmedia: Second Place, Feature, “Sober,” 2008; First Place, Staff Blog, Fresh Loaf, 2014, 2015; First Place, Special Section, 2014- Atlanta Press Club: Finalist, Online/multimedia - feature, 2010; Finalist, Print/online - nondaily, 2015- Hearst Journalism Award: Third Place Finalist, Personality/Profile Writing, 2004 Education:The University of Georgia: Grady College of Journalism and Mass CommunicationsABJ in Magazines, English Minor, May 2004 References Available upon request https://thomaswheatley.com/Front-page Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:05:00 +0000 Thomas Patrick Wheatley https://thomaswheatley.com/Front-page <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3efd29532f884046b06d61de48253f7fa9d27c411669a70f8a1962322ffd1016/IMG_7881.jpg" data-mid="85511932" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3efd29532f884046b06d61de48253f7fa9d27c411669a70f8a1962322ffd1016/IMG_7881.jpg" /> https://thomaswheatley.com/Information Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:05:00 +0000 Thomas Patrick Wheatley https://thomaswheatley.com/Information Using Secondary Media to Contextualize Primary Arts Media Media are the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data. The term refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, the news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), and advertising.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The development of early writing and paper enabled longer-distance communication systems such as mail, including in the Persian Empire (Chapar Khaneh and Angarium) and Roman Empire, which can be interpreted as early forms of media. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Writers such as Howard Rheingold have framed early forms of human communication as early forms of media, such as the Lascaux cave paintings and early writing. Another framing of the history of media starts with the Chauvet Cave paintings and continues with other ways to carry human communication beyond the short range of voice: smoke signals, trail markers, and sculpture.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The term media in its modern application relating to communication channels was first used by Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, who stated in Counterblast (1954): "The media are not toys; they should not be in the hands of Mother Goose and Peter Pan executives. They can be entrusted only to new artists, because they are art forms." By the mid-1960s, the term had spread to general use in North America and the United Kingdom. The phrase "mass media" was, according to H.L. Mencken, used as early as 1923 in the United States.(Wikipedia)